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Gretchen Clark,
Owner, CEO
gretchen@kidsplaytherapy.com
Gretchen Clark received her Bachelors Degree in Human Development and Family Studies with an emphasis in Child Life at Mississippi State University. She received a Master of Occupational Therapy in 2000 from Nova Southeastern University , in Ft. Lauderdale , Florida. While at Nova, Gretchen became actively involved as an Occupational Therapy Assistant in a pilot school for children with autism. After graduating, Gretchen worked as a pediatric occupational therapist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and also began her own home health agency, A Helping Hand Pediatric Therapy. Renee and Gretchen merged their companies to form Kidsplay Therapy Center in March of 2003. Gretchen loves working both with the children and their families. She serves primarily in an administration role at this time and loves being able to develop new programs that will benefit the children and their families. She has always loved the field of pediatrics and feels it is her life mission to work with children and families. Gretchen is married with
one son and one daughter. Outside of Kidsplay, Gretchen enjoys spending time with her family and friends, attending Church, and playing tennis.
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Marlene Eidson,
Chief Operating Officer
marlene@kidsplaytherapy.com
Marlene has over 20 years of accounting experience. She has been with Kidsplay since February 2004. Before then she spent four years with a Lawrenceville CPA firm. She has worked with the State of Georgia and Dekalb County and was also an election poll manager, which was a very enjoyable experience. In the middle of Marlene’s career, she took 15 years away from full-time work to raise her two sons. During those years she taught 4 year old preschool at her church, and thoroughly loved every minute of it. Here at Kidsplay, she is happy to be able to combine her love of children and accounting into one job!
Marlene has been married to a wonderful husband for over 36 years and has two grown sons. In her spare time, Marlene enjoys spending time with her family and friends, reading and traveling. She and her husband love to go antiquing! She is very happy to be working with all the wonderful people here at Kidsplay and thanks God for bringing her here.
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Judy Camp,
Prior Approval Coordinator
judy@kidsplaytherapy.com
Judy is our Prior Approval Coordinator. She is a native Atlantan. She and her husband of 37 years live in Loganville, Georgia. They have a daughter who lives in North Carolina and a daughter and son-in-law who live in Norcross.
She and her husband love spending time with their families, dining out, and the outdoors. They are active members in their church and Judy is involved in the Ministry Village supporting foster children in Walton County.
Judy worked in accounting with Associated Distributors for six years. After taking time off to be home with her daughters, she returned to work teaching preschool at a local church for 10 years. She then began working in the Gwinnett County School system teaching children with autism K-5th grade and also special needs preschool.
I am very blessed to be a part of such a special team of people here at Kidsplay, who love working with children. |
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Kimberly Hanberry,
Client Coordinator
kimberly@kidsplaytherapy.com
Bio coming soon!
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Katharine Joyce
Occupational Therapist
katie@kidsplaytherapy.com
Katie earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of Georgia and a M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Brenau University. She had the opportunity to intern at Kidsplay Therapy during the summer of 2008 where she developed valuable skills and irreplaceable relationships with the children, parents and therapists. This experience paved the way for an exciting career at Kidsplay, beginning in August of 2008. Katie’s experience includes interning at a public school for children with emotional and behavioral disturbances, mentoring a child with attention and learning difficulties and interning at a nonprofit school for children with learning differences and sensory integration dysfunction (SID). She has utilized aquatic and hippotherapies with children who have SID, developmental issues and spectrum disorders. She also planned and led a social skills summer camp for children along the ASD spectrum during her internship at Kidsplay.
Katie has served as assistant and lead teachers at a child development center where she worked with children of all levels of learning and emotional growth. Because Katie was fortunate to experience Kidsplay since May of 2008, she has seen the children who receive services there grow and blossom into more harmonious individuals. Being able to take part in a child’s unique development by utilizing sensory integration techniques is what drew Katie to Kidsplay. She appreciates the philosophy of following the child’s lead to promote a more child-motivated environment, opening the window for learning new skills.
Outside of Kidsplay, Katie enjoys playing sports and traveling with her husband as well as just hanging out at home with her two dachshunds and two cats. |
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Harrison Guilliory,
Occupational Therapist
harrison@kidsplaytherapy.com
Bio Coming soon!
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Molly Bracken,
Speech Language Pathologist
molly@kidsplaytherapy.com
Molly Bracken received her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders from Arkansas State University in 1999. She then completed her Master’s degree in Communicative Disorders from the University of Central Florida in 2001.
Molly has worked in a variety of pediatric settings and has background in feeding and swallowing disorders, phonological disorders and language disorders. Molly loves to travel, cook, work in her yard, read and spend time with her family. She lives in Snellville with her husband and young twins. |
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Kim Register Smith,
Speach Language Pathologist
kim@kidsplaytherapy.com
Kim Smith is a speech-language pathologist who received her undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Georgia in 1998. She then completed her Master’s degree in Communication Disorders at Appalachian State University in 2000. She has worked primarily with children over the past eight years. Kim enjoys working with all types of disorders, however, she has developed a strong interest and experience in working with augmentative communication systems. Kim is very active in her church through teaching Sunday School and participating in local missions work. She enjoys a variety of activities in her free time such as camping, hiking, rafting, playing games, reading, and enjoying time with friends and family. She currently resides in Loganville with her husband and two young sons. |
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Courtney Fears-Dawson,
Occupational Therapist
courtney@kidsplaytherapy.com
Bio Coming soon!
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Laura Coffee
Speech-Language Pathologist
laura@kidsplaytherapy.com
Laura Coffee is a certified speech-language pathologist and a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Georgia. Laura earned her Master of Arts in Communication Disorders from Appalachian State University. She has 14 years of experience in the field of speech-language pathology, with the majority of that experience in pediatric outpatient rehabilitation and home therapy.
Outside of work, Laura enjoys every moment she spends with her two beautiful young daughters and her husband of nearly 18 years.
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Lauren Cook
Speech-Language Pathologist
Lauren Cook received a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of South Alabama. Currently, she is a certified speech-language pathologist and a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. Lauren has clinical experience in a variety of settings including outpatient, inpatient, and public school. In her free time, Lauren enjoys traveling to visit her friends and family and spending time with her husband. She currently resides in Conyers.
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Robyn Robinson,
robyn@kidsplaytherapy.com
Bio coming soon!
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Donae Cannon,
donae@kidsplaytherapy.com
Bio coming soon! |
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Dr. Tiffany Gilmore-Randell,
Psychologist
tiffanygilmore@bellsouth.net
Dr. Tiffany Gilmore is a graduate of the Georgia School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University. During her undergraduate training at the University of Alabama, her graduate training, and her doctoral internship training at the Marcus Behavior Institute, Dr. Gilmore spent a number of years working with children having various developmental problems, including autism-spectrum disorders, mental retardation, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and severe behavioral and learning difficulties.
More recently, she provided Family Training services as a contractor for the Babies Can’t Wait Program in Gwinnett County. Dr. Gilmore has particular interests in the management of disruptive behavior problems, toileting problems, social skills training, early intervention, and training parents in behavior management procedures. |
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Susan Cook
Physical Therapist & Owner, Activekidz PT
activekidzinc@aim.com
Susan graduated from the Georgia State University Physical Therapy program in 1996. She was working in a home health setting and realized the need for therapists who specialized in children. She founded Activekidz in 2001. Activekidz is contracted with Kidsplay to provide Physical Therapy for the pediatric population. Susan has experience in several pediatric settings (home, school, daycare, and clinic). She is able to evaluate for orthopedic and/or neurological needs of a child. She teaches an aquatic class in Athens once a week for the special needs population.
Susan enjoys running, scrapbooking, and traveling with her husband and two daughters.
Please call 706-338-8058 or email activekidzinc@aol.com to schedule an appointment.
Insurance accepted by Activekidz: Medicaid, Wellcare, Amerigroup, Peachstate, Athens Area Health Plan Select, AETNA, BCBS (HMO/PPO/POS), United Healthcare, Tricare,
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Beth Hinch
Physical Therapist
ActiveKidz PT at Kidsplay
bhinch20@gmail.com
Beth received her Master’s degree in Physical Therapy from Georgia State University in 2002. Prior to going to PT school she played basketball for Piedmont College for two years then transferred to the University of Georgia to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Therapeutic Recreation. She taught at the Special Needs Preschool of Gwinnett for two years. She has worked for Activekidz, Inc. since March 2004. She has experience in the pediatric, orthopedic and neurological settings. She specializes in children with torticollis and developmental delays.
Outside of the clinic Beth enjoys spending time with her 2 ½ year old little girl, her husband and watching Georgia football! She is also new to the world of Triathlons and is a Triathlete. |
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